I have downloaded the latest 8.0M1 on the official site and it is working very fine.
It comes with struts2.1.6 (very good), but please note that the development 2.1.7 has fixed over hundred of bugs (only code compile issues left).
Some of these fixed critical problems. All of my projects are using 2.1.7 now (no clue).
So, I would ask, is it possible to upgrade the version myself? (seems I must hack into the progs.)
Thanks